Meeting Nardos and Nahom

Today didn’t go quite as planned. But what else would you expect from our adventure. We were supposed to get the children this morning. However, that has been delayed until Thursday morning. There are some issues with Nardos’s TB tests. She is having to undergo more tests that require sticking a tube down her nose every night that she has to sleep in. The Gladney staff would rather her not associate this trauma with us. There is a small chance we will have to delay our return waiting on test results. We had a couple of meetings with doctors today and it now seems that the decision rests with the American Embassy on Thursday.

On a brighter note, we were able to go the foster care center and meet Nardos and Nahom. It was an incredible experience. They are so beautiful. When they were brought outside to meet us, Nardos came running into my (Stacey) arms. She hugged me so tightly and didn’t want to let go. Nahom then followed suit, not wanting to be left out, and ran to Paul. They were full of smiles and sweet kisses. We just basked in their presence. We played outside on the lawn for about an hour and then went to see the other children. Our driver then explained to them that we would be back in the morning. Hopefully we will get to spend the entire day with them tomorrow before taking them back in the evening for her procedure.

Please continue to pray with us about the meeting on Friday with their birth father. We learned that at their last meeting Nardos was begging him not to leave her again and promising not to eat as much. She really thinks she has done something bad to make him leave her. You can imagine how heartbreaking this is. Pray that God comforts her in the way that only He can do. Also, pray that Nardos does not have TB. She is showing no symptoms and so the doctors were encouraged by that, but there does appear to be something showing on her chest X-ray.

We’ll update you more as we get more info.

Enjoy the pics!